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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

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u/reddittothegrave 10h ago

“He sacrificed his daughter for favorable winds.”

Fuck.

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u/twavisdegwet 9h ago

Okay but like- hear me out...

it worked....

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u/WavesRKewl 9h ago

Sure but it also got him killed

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u/palpablebubble 9h ago

Kinda wish this was explored a bit more.

It was kind of like "Odysseus, don't go back home cause your wife will stab you (also I killed our kid but that's unrelated)." and Odysseus just went "yeah good advice" and that was it for lord magnamon lol

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u/Whoop-Sees 5h ago

It wasn’t “don’t go back home because your wife will stab you” it was “don’t expect that everything is the way you left it”. And he was right. If Odysseus had just rolled up he might have been killed.

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u/palpablebubble 5h ago

Sure but it still felt a bit strange that the advice has a tone of "don't do what I did and let your evil wife stab you" despite seeing the reason why the character (Helen's twin right?) did so, and then that whole thing isn't brought up again except to sort of come in handy for odysseus.

I guess it's more just a shame Helen and her twin weren't in the movie more, it felt like they were setting something up with them earlier on but then the film just moved on.

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u/FlameFeather86 2h ago

They mentioned in passing that her son, Orestes killed her to avenge Agamemnon, but his story after could make a movie in itself. He's wracked with guilt for killing his mother and seeks advice from the Oracle of Delphi who tells him everything he needs to do to clear his conscience, culminating in what is perceived to be the first civil trial (before Athena, no less) in Athens. It weirdly becomes the story of democracy.

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u/ScrawneyAardvark 1h ago

Thanks for sharing, I did not know his story

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u/Brandon_Me 9h ago

He should have had another kid so everyone could have made it back okay.

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u/HilariousScreenname 9h ago

I have a rock that keeps tigers away. Ever since Ive had it I haven't seen a single tiger.

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u/infiniteguest 1h ago

So did Hiroshima

It's a recurrent theme in Nolan's work. "We succeeded, at what cost?"